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How to install freeciv on the Acer Aspire One

August 16th, 2009 John Leave a comment Go to comments

Further Update: Please check out this post for a method to play FreeCiv on the Acer Aspire One.

Also Seth has left a comment with another potential solution. Check it out

Please note – This procedure no longer works since the end of support for Fed 8. I’m currently looking for an alternative method.

One of my favorite games on the PC is Civilisation, So I was keen to get FreeCiv working.

Unfortunately when I installed FreeCiv from the Add\Remove programs option from the Advanced Menu, the application runs but the screen is to large to fit on the screen and the game is unplayable.

I found the solution here : http://www.aspireoneuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=7157

Here it is below:

1. Install a repository containing freeciv for Fedora 8. At time of writing, this can be installed from: (old version http://dnmouse.org/repo/Fedora/ajrepo-2-2.noarch.rpm) http://files.andyjamison.com/linux/Fedora/10/i386/ajrpms-1-3.noarch.rpm – download and run through FireFox – you will need to type in your Password

2. Open a Terminal and type: sudo yum install freeciv-client-sdl freeciv-server

3. Start freeciv (its added to the Advanced menu as games->freeciv).

4. Edit the options to 1024×600 fullscreen.

Enjoy

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  1. sibecker
    September 4th, 2009 at 20:05 | #1
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    Unfortunately the link to the rpm no longer works. Do you know of another place this can be downloaded? Would a different (newer) version of Fedora work?

  2. John
    September 4th, 2009 at 20:34 | #2
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    Hi Sibecker – it looks like support for Fedora 8 has been terminated.

    Unfortunatly I am on a short vacation for the weekend and don’t have access to Linpus.
    Leave it with me and I’ll see what I can find out about compatibility, I’ve asked on a Forum so hopefully I’ll find an answer quickly.

    Cheers
    John M

  3. John
    September 5th, 2009 at 17:14 | #3
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    I think I’ve found a new home for the RPM at http://files.andyjamison.com/linux/Fedora/10/i386/ajrpms-1-3.noarch.rpm

    Can you try it and let me know if it works for you.

    Thanks John M

  4. sibecker
    September 5th, 2009 at 19:43 | #4
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    Unfortunately, while I can install that rpm, it breaks yum because the webpage it points to for updates (http://ajrpms.info) is just a placeholder for Godaddy. It looks to me as though AJrepos has been abandoned.

  5. John
    September 5th, 2009 at 20:33 | #5
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    oh well back to the drawing board – thanks sibecker

  6. seth
    June 5th, 2010 at 07:11 | #6
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    I haven’t tried it yet, but this…

    http://forum.freeciv.org/viewtopic.php?t=5361

    …seems to be a solution?

  7. John
    June 5th, 2010 at 11:09 | #7
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    Thanks Seth – that looks very promising. I’m currently testing Jolicloud as an os – but will test the next time I’m running Linpus.

    Many thanks
    John

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